Extract data from PDF

I need to find out if it is possible to extract data from a PDF form and use that data to update FileMaker? I need to send clients a PDF doc with their details on it for them to update. Once they update the PDF and send it back to me I need to find out how to update FileMaker using the data from the PDF.

I also got those results, but they extract all the data and not selections of data. Maybe that will be what we have to do and then try to see if we can somehow then extract the data to go into the respective fields.

Last time this topic came up in a DIGFM meeting, it was reported that these plug ins return all the text in the document. So for a form, you'd then have to parse the resulting blob of text in order to extract the specific values entered into the PDF form's blanks.

Maybe one of these now offers the ability to just get the form data, but if not, this is possible, but not simple to do.

Wow, I have used the MBS plugin before, but never to this extent. I have to say that I have been working through it this weekend, and it definitely seems that the MBS plugin is nice and powerful. Thank-you.

Extracting data from PDF files can quickly become tricky. The PDF specification does not come with structuring tags like we know them from HTML. This makes it quite difficult to extract single data fields or table data. If you have a PDF form with editable fields, things are a bit more easy to do.

At Docparser, we don't have a direct Filemaker integration, but we can definitely help you when it comes to automatically extracting data from PDF. Once your data is extracted, it can be sent to any API endpoint or download as CSV/XML files.

Thanx for the tip. I was able to do everything in FileMaker using the MonkeyBread Plugin with the DynaPDF add-on. It worked better than I could ever imagine. Using just the plugin and FileMaker I am able to create PDF's with forms and extract the data from those forms when the clients return the completed PDF's.